# Accident 20031115031099A: Cessna 170B, Suches, GA, November 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2003, 16:18 local time
- Place: Suches, GA
- Airport: High Valley Airpark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6922° N, 84.0075° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6922&lon=-84.0075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2521D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2521D-2004-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 59 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031115031099A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 15, 2003, AT 1600 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 170B, N2521D REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING AN APPROACH TO HIGH VALLEY AIRPARK IN SUCHES, GEORGIA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE FOUR PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL04LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA036), Nov 15, 2003: Cessna 170B (N2521D), Suches, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-round that resulted in an inadvertent stall and the subsequent collision with trees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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